The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mahlatse Sethole & Shaun Ngcobo finished 342nd of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:27:20.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:34 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 5:26 more than the average race this season, going by 210 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:08Running 1 7:54v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:57v median −0:05
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 5:03v median −0:15
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 5:17v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:17v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:28v median +0:08
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 5:25v median +0:09
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Block 08 13:12Running 8 8:25v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 593
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 593 men's teams who finished.